DNA repair

id: GO:0006281
name: DNA repair
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process of restoring DNA after damage. Genomes are subject to damage by chemical and physical agents in the environment (e.g. UV and ionizing radiations, chemical mutagens, fungal and bacterial toxins, etc.) and by free radicals or alkylating agents endogenously generated in metabolism. DNA is also damaged because of errors during its replication. A variety of different DNA repair pathways have been reported that include direct reversal, base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, photoreactivation, bypass, double-strand break repair pathway, and mismatch repair pathway.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0000012single strand break repair
GO:0000725recombinational repair
GO:0000726non-recombinational repair
GO:0006284base-excision repair
GO:0006289nucleotide-excision repair
GO:0006290pyrimidine dimer repair
GO:0006298mismatch repair
GO:0006301postreplication repair
GO:0006302double-strand break repair
GO:0010213non-photoreactive DNA repair
GO:0043504mitochondrial DNA repair
GO:0045004DNA replication proofreading
GO:0046787viral DNA repair
GO:0070914UV-damage excision repair

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006259DNA metabolic process
GO:0006974response to DNA damage stimulus